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BEFORE the War, when we were working at University College, Southampton, on the solid/liquid phase change, some experiments were started on the supercooling of mercury, in order to find the degree attainable, the factors controlling it, the effect of external influences and the cause of the onset of freezing.
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CARPENTER, L., CONNELL, L. & OSBORN, A. Supercooling of Mercury. Nature 163, 23 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163023a0
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